---
name: "Cathy Yuspa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cathy-yuspa"
fi1m_id: "cathy-yuspa"
imdb_id: "nm0951135"
tmdb_id: 63353
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:10:01.338034+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cathy Yuspa

## Identity

Cathy Yuspa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cathy-yuspa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cathy-yuspa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0951135
- **TMDB ID:** 63353
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63353

Writer. Born in Washington, D.C..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63353

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*13 Going on 30*](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cathy Yuspa is an American screenwriter and producer. She has collaborated extensively with her husband Josh Goldsmith, whom she met while attending the USC School of Cinema-Television. She graduated from Stanford University in 1992.

Yuspa and Goldsmith wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy *13 Going on 30* (2004), starring Jennifer Garner. Their other credits include the story and screenplay for *What Women Want* (2000) and multiple episodes of the television series *The King of Queens* (1998–2007), on which they also served as producers. They received story credit on the 2019 film *What Men Want*.

Yuspa and Goldsmith are adapting *13 Going on 30* for the stage as a musical, with a workshop held in London in 2023 and further productions planned.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, stanforddaily.com, broadwayworld.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *What Men Want* (2019), Original Film Writer
- *What Women Want* (2011), Original Film Writer
- *Big Day* (2006), series, Producer, Creator
- *'Til Death* (2006), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *13 Going on 30* (2004), Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/13-going-on-30.md)
- *What Women Want* (2000), Story, Screenplay
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *In Real Life*, Writer
- *The Fish Tank*, series, Creator
- *13 Going on 30*, Characters

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